Having left my native western Oregon for sunnier pastures, the thought of moving to Vancouver for the 'good weather' puts a bit of a smile on my face, but in any case I always like to hear about people making a go of it in !Silicon Valley, so +1 from me.

I'm kind of curious about Boulder, CO - it seems to be small enough that it's more livable for a family, as well as having a very well-educated populace, some nice outdoors stuff, and a growing startup community.